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Facing the Future: Understanding Federal Policy Changes and their Effect on Coverage and Affordability
The Consumer Healthcare Experience State Survey (CHESS) consistently reveals that affordability remains the top barrier preventing individuals from obtaining health insurance and accessing necessary care. With the enactment of the House Reconciliation bill (H.R. 1), these financial challenges are poised to intensify for many Americans. Join the Hub and a panel of experts for a […]
Read MoreData in Action: Using Consumer Healthcare Experience State Survey (CHESS) Results in Practice
The challenge of health care affordability affects individuals and families across the country, yet its true impact on communities is not always clear. We invite you to attend an engaging webinar focused on using Consumer Healthcare Experience State Survey (CHESS) data to support effective change. Experts and advocates from Cornell University, the Connecticut Office of […]
Read MoreHospital Consolidation: Affordability and Access Concerns for Patients
Join us for a webinar discussing hospital consolidation and its impact on health care prices, affordability, and access to care for patients. This webinar will include a discussion of the relationship between consolidation, market concentration, and health care prices in Connecticut from 2016-2021, including shifts in select types of care following consolidation. The webinar will […]
Read MoreIntroducing the 2024 Healthcare Value Hub Healthcare Affordability Policy Affordability Snapshot and Dashboard
The Healthcare Value Hub is excited to present the redesigned 2024 Health Care Affordability Policy Snapshot and the accompanying Affordability Dashboard, tools designed to empower legislators, consumer advocates, and policymakers with a comprehensive view of state-level health care affordability policies. This new resource replaces the former Scorecard, offering a broader scope that includes not only […]
Read MoreBuilding on the Affordable Care Act: Working with States and Marketplace Enrollees to Address Cost Challenges
Join us for an exclusive webinar to explore the findings from the Marketplace Affordability Project, which explores cost challenges faced by individuals and families enrolled in Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace coverage, and by individuals and families who are systematically excluded from access to that coverage. Community Catalyst and the Center on Budget and Policy […]
Read MoreFrom Shortage to Strength: ARPA and the Home Care Workforce Across the Southern United States
Southern states have a high concentration of adults with self-care disabilities and a large gap between the availability of home care workers and the potential need for services. Low recruitment and poor retention rates due to below-average wages, physical and emotional burnout, long hours, limited employment benefits, and poor career advancement opportunities have contributed to […]
Read MoreMore Than a Smile: Dental Affordability Problems and Potential Solutions
Consumer Healthcare Experience State Surveys from multiple states have revealed that people with insurance still go without critical services due to cost.1 Most frequently reported is dental care, with respondents across insurance types foregoing dentures, root canals, extractions, and many other dental services. Looking to Medicaid as an example, this webinar will explore the impacts of […]
Read MorePrior Authorization and Its Impact on Affordability Webinar
Prior authorization was originally developed to curtail expensive tests or care that was not needed in order for care to be more cost-effective. However, over time, insurers began requiring prior authorization for many common medical services. Now, the system creates administrative burdens, delays needed care, and increases patients’ cost burdens. Many patients do not have […]
Read MorePublic Health Emergency Unwinding: Implications and Strategies for Support
The end of the Public Health Emergency (PHE) is anticipated to impact coverage and care for millions of people with Medicaid nationwide. In addition to the end of the Medicaid continuous coverage requirement, the PHE unwinding will also impact the many temporary provisions and flexibilities introduced throughout the coronavirus pandemic. Although several states have codified some of these […]
Read MoreAffordable for Who? Steps for States to Include Equity in Affordability Policies
Healthcare affordability burdens are all too familiar within the American healthcare system, but they do not affect all groups equally. In addition to facing greater health disparities, non-white communities and low-income earners experience greater affordability burdens—two things that are closely linked. Due to systemic inequities, people of color have significantly worse health outcomes and are overrepresented […]
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